High School - STAAR Dictionaries - Merriam-Webster (2024)

A revised and updated edition of the best-selling dictionary covering core vocabulary with over a hundred new entries and senses.

For grades 9 & Up.

• More than 75,000 definitions and 8,000 usage examples aid understanding―and cover the words you need today
• Includes pronunciations, word origins, and synonym lists
• Features useful tables and special sections on Foreign Words & Phrases and Geographical Names
• New words include: athleisure, coronavirus, escape room, First Gentleman, herd immunity, hygge, on-brand, outro, patient zero, petrichor, PPE, telehealth, unmute, UX, and YouTuber.

• Trade paperback edition of the best-selling dictionary covering core vocabulary of everyday life
• Includes pronunciations, word origins, synonym lists, and over 8,000 usage examples
• Useful tables and special sections on Foreign Words & Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names

• Features more than 100,000 definitions and meanings, and 28,000 usage examples
• Over 500 synonym paragraphs, 200 word history paragraphs, and nearly 1,000 illustrations
• Special sections include biographical names, geographical names, and signs and symbols
• A great study aid for students building vocabulary as they prepare for college-level reading
• New words includehaptics, farro, cybercrime, off-grid, and paywall

• More than 225,000 definitions and over 42,000 usage examples with newly added words and meanings across a variety of fields
• Special sections include A Handbook of Style, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names
• *Includes an electronic version of the dictionary, a free one-year online subscription, and new words such as binge-watch, clickbait, takeaway, and troll

This is a very concise version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and very nicely compacted in a paperback version including English language additions to grammar.

• Nearly 60,000 dictionary entries with than 13,600 thesaurus entries including extensive synonym and antonym lists
• Nearly 500 new thesaurus entries added to cover new vocabulary
• Clear and concise word guidance including abundant example phrases

• More than 36,000 entries
• Concise, easy-to-understand definitions
• Nearly 20,000 usage examples with over 400 detailed line drawings
• Includes word history and synonym paragraphs
• Special sections including Signs and Symbols; Confused, Misused, and Misspelled Words; English Grammar; and Weights and Measures

• Each main entry provides the meaning shared by the synonyms listed and abundant usage examples show words used in context
• Words alphabetically organized for ease of use
• A great complement to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and perfect for school, home, or office

• More than 154,000 word choices
• Includes synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idiomatic phrases
• Concise definitions and 37,000 usage examples aid word selection and describe shared meanings

• Concise definitions pinpoint meanings shared by synonyms, helping you choose exactly the word you need
• More than 275,000 word choices, examples, and explanations
• Includes new and revised verbal illustrations
• Sample sentences and phrases for each synonym at its own entry clarify how words are used in context
• Alphabetical lists may also include related words, idiomatic phrases, near antonyms, and antonyms